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Java homebrew devkit for the PS3 emerges, nobody cares {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2008 11:06AM My PS3 plays PS2 games just fine and until I got about 4-5 PS3 games it actually mattered. However now it doesn't, I never play PS2 games anymore and most people I know with PS3's don't either.
Apple updates iMac as expected {Engadget}
Apr 28th 2008 9:34AM You shouldn't have to pay the restocking fee, since its within 30 days.
PS3 firmware engineers interviewed, DTS-HD MA support on the way {Engadget HD}
Apr 10th 2008 9:26AM Whats up with the comment system?
I'll try this again...
"I have more good news to report today – the system software update (2.30) will also add DTS-HD Master Audio output for Blu-ray videos, which means the high-definition visuals of Blu-ray will now be matched with the highest quality audio for the ultimate movie-watching experience on PS3.
DTS-HD Master Audio is literally bit-for-bit identical to the studio master recording and makes movie soundtracks and sound effects truly come to life. The technology delivers audio at the incredibly high rate of 24.5 mega-bits per second (Mbps) on Blu-ray disc, which is significantly higher than standard DVDs. DTS-HD Master Audio also offers 7.1 audio channels at 96k sampling frequency/24 bit depths, so you’ll be totally immersed in the sound. The firmware update will add DTS-HD High Resolution Audio as well, which is a similar output technology that requires less disc space. You can read more about both codecs here. "
- Posted by Eric Lempel // Director, PlayStation Network Operations
- Playstation Blog
That's next week, April 17th, when the PSN store re-opens
PS3 firmware engineers interviewed, DTS-HD MA support on the way {Engadget HD}
Apr 10th 2008 9:21AM "I have more good news to report today – the system software (2.30) update will also add DTS-HD Master Audio output for Blu-ray videos, which means the high-definition visuals of Blu-ray will now be matched with the highest quality audio for the ultimate movie-watching experience on PS3."
"DTS-HD Master Audio is literally bit-for-bit identical to the studio master recording and makes movie soundtracks and sound effects truly come to life. The technology delivers audio at the incredibly high rate of 24.5 mega-bits per second (Mbps) on Blu-ray disc, which is significantly higher than standard DVDs. DTS-HD Master Audio also offers 7.1 audio channels at 96k sampling frequency/24 bit depths, so you’ll be totally immersed in the sound. The firmware update will add DTS-HD High Resolution Audio as well, which is a similar output technology that requires less disc space. You can read more about both codecs"
-Posted by Eric Lempel // Director, PlayStation Network Operations
That's one week from today.... April 17th
HDScape offers up HD DVD to Blu-ray exchange program {Engadget HD}
Feb 22nd 2008 3:23PM I don't know if anyone has tackled this question yet, but there are too many different posts about the end of the war to read through all of them.
The 5 Free movie rebate, though it was obviously movies from 3rd party studios (duh), will it continue with any new or current sales of HD-DVD players? The retailers keep saying "Buy this player and receive X many movies free!"
People who have tried getting their free movies even before the war ended have been getting postcards saying "sorry for delay, yada yada." Now that the announcement is official is there anything in the offer term that says something similar to "Toshiba has the right to cancel this offer at anytime?"
Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice {Engadget HD}
Feb 4th 2008 11:01AM Who doesn't love free stuff. I'm in.
Sonic's Scenarist now Blu-ray, digital distribution format only {Engadget HD}
Jan 30th 2008 10:13AM You do realize that a Codec has nothing to do with a disc format right?
And by that I mean if Microsoft created VC-2.1 it is not tied to either HD-DVD or Blu-ray but to file compression. Microsoft also "created" VC-1 only to realize that a majority of the code was either licensed or patented by others. VC-1 had to become a standard before other manufacturers, software companies and the like started implementing it.
The same shall happen here.
Latest NPD report shows Blu-ray sales were no trend {Engadget HD}
Jan 29th 2008 9:29AM This line makes no sense:
"In fact the very next week sales were back to where we'd grown to expect them, about 65 percent Blu"
We expect movie sales to be like that, but this is about player/stand-alone sales. Which HD-DVD had been victorious until sometime before Christmas when they dipped under 50% market share. 65-35 means Blu-Ray players not including the PS3 are squarely beating HD-DVD players.
FYI: Best Buy now markets the HD-A3 as a Upconverting DVD player that also plays HD-DVD's, next to the other Upconverting players that costs about the same $149.98.
Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending January 20th, 2008 {Engadget HD}
Jan 25th 2008 4:34PM Ok so 59, what's your point?
HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on January 15th, 2008 {Engadget HD}
Jan 14th 2008 12:36PM @KushielsScion007
Though he might be a BD Fanboy he was referring specifically to Truth Teller, who is the worst supported of HD-DVD on Engadget and deserves every criticism and insult he receives, not to ALL HD-DVD proponents.
